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No. 645,955. Patentedflar. 27, I900.

M. J. HOTALING.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARGARET J. HOTALING, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

GAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,955, dated March2'7, 1900. Application filed June 27,1899. $e1'ia1No. 722,653. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARGARET J. HOTAL- ING, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of 24. Dunham avenue, Cleveland,Ouyahoga county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Games, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to games; and it consists of a board or tablehaving a spiral row of rings or spots beginning at the center andgradually increasing in diameter in the form of a helix and terminatingnear the border. This spiral row of spots forms a pathway upon which themovements of the game are to be performed. At certain intervals in thehelix spaces are marked off by double radial and straight lines, whichare divided into squares by cross-lines. These form by-paths to the mainspiral pathway. This board will be accompanied with disks having aletterI on one side and a letter O on the opposite side, which form the men tobe moved on said pathway. The players will also be provided with diceanddice-boxes, bywhich the movements of the game are determined, v

In theaccompanying drawing the figure represents the essential featureof the game device-that is, the gameboard and its spiral pathway andby-path s.

A A represent a spiral row of rings or spots made in a continuous andconnected string starting at the center and increasing in diameter inthe form of a helix and terminating near the border of the board. Thisforms the pathway for the movements of the men either to or from thecenter. At certain intervals in the helix by-paths B B are made bydouble radial and straight lines connecting with certain spots in themain pathway, and said bypaths are dividedinto squares by cross-lines.These by-paths are intended for detour movements in the progress of thegames.

A variety of games can be played upon this board. The two principal onesare described as follows: The first is called Naval Strategy or the Huntfor Admiral Oervera and the other The World at War. The first is playedby four or a less number of persons,

the. others the Americans.

one of whom represents Admiral Cervera and Oerveras object is to reachthe United States coast or Santiago harbor and the others to preventthis and capture him. In playing this game the'center's'pot is thestarting-point for one side, and the outer spot is for the oppositeside. The intermediate spaces are for the convenience of the playersmovementsin passing or avoid ing opponents. The first move is decided bythe throwing of the dice. The side throwing the highest number beginsthe game. The movements of the pieces are determined by the throwing ofthe dice also, in accordance with-the rules and directions accompanyingthe board.

The-game of The World at War may be played by two, four, or six peopleevenly di vided, the players selecting the countries they willrepresent; The players are provided with disks having the names of thecountries thereon, which are placed in their respective 'harbors namedon the board. In playing this game the players throw for first move. Theone throwing the highest has first move. The

others follow inthe order of seniority. The players may move in anydirection, enter any harbor, or pass over any by-path and may jump anypiece of their allies, but not of their opponents, the object of thegame being to capture opponents pieces.

Having described my invention, what I claim isq The game-board hereindescribed having a spiral row of spots A A, beginning at the center andforming a pathway in helical form and terminating near the border,intermedi-' ate spaces B B marked oft in the helix by double radial andstraight lines, the spaces between said lines divided into squares bycross-lines, substantially as shown and described.

Signed by me at Cleveland, Ohio, this 5th day of June, 1899.

MARGARET J. HOTALIJNO'G.

Witnesses:

MAX P. GOODMAN, GEO. W. TIBBITTS.

